#NHL FREE Play December 31st, 2015 (8-6 +2.03 Units)
Hawks -118
Hot teams
— Warriors won five of last six games, but Curry didn’t play last nite and probably won’t tonite (10-5-1AF).
— .Thunder won 11 of last 13 games (0-4 last four HF).
— Clippers won their last four games (6-6-1AF).
— Portland won its last three games (9-8AU).
Cold teams
— Bucks lost six of their last eight games (7-9AU). Indiana lost four of its last six games (7-2 last nine HF).
— Minnesota lost four of last five games (10-3AU). Detroit lost its last three games (7-1 last eight HF).
— Rockets lost three of last four games (4-1HU).
— Suns lost their last six games (1-5 vs spread).
— Pelicans lost 12 of their last 16 games (3-3HU).
— Utah lost three of its last four games (5-6HF).
Series records
— Pacers won six of last eight games with Milwaukee.
— Pistons lost nine of last ten games with Minnesota.
— Warriors won nine of last ten games with Houston.
— Thunder won four of last five games with Phoenix.
— Clippers won eight of last ten games with New Orleans.
— Trailblazers won seven of last nine games with Utah.
Totals
— Last six Indiana home games stayed under total.
— Seven of last nine Detroit home games went over.
— 10 of last 12 Golden State road games went over.
— Under is 7-3 in Oklahoma City’s last ten home games.
— Over is 9-4-1 in Clipper road games.
— Five of last seven Portland road games stayed under.
Back/backs
— Indiana is 2-4 vs spread if it played night before.
— Minnesota is 2-2 vs spread when it played night before.
— Warriors are 5-2 vs spread if they played night before.
— Phoenix is 2-4 vs spread if it layed night before.
— Clippers are 1-4 vs spread on road if they played night before.
Hot teams
— Washington won its last nine games, allowing 15 goals.
— Blues won six of their last eight games.
— Colorado won six of its last eight games.
— Dallas Stars won seven of last eight home games.
— Anaheim won three of its last four home games.
— Flames won nine of their last twelve home games. LA won its last three games, allowing five goals.
— Ducks won their last two games, 4-2/1-0.
Cold teams
— Islanders, Buffalo both lost four of their last six games.
— Pittsburgh lost seven of its last nine games. Detroit lost five of its last seven.
— Hurricanes are 3-4 in their last seven games.
— Minnesota lost three of last four road games.
— Blackhawks lost six of their last eight road games.
— Nashville lost five of its last six road games.
— Winnipeg lost last four road games, scoring three goals. Arizona lost nine of last 13 games.
— Edmonton lost six of its last seven games.
Series records
— Islanders won four of last six games with Buffalo.
— Penguins-Red Wings split their last ten games.
— Hurricanes lost six of last seven games with Washington.
— Blues lost three of last four games with Minnesota.
— Avalanche won their last four games with Chicago.
— Predators lost four of last five visits to Dallas.
— Coyotes lost seven of last eight games with Winnipeg.
— Kings lost five of last six games with Calgary.
— Ducks won four of last five games with Edmonton.
Totals
— Under is 4-0-1 in last five Buffalo home games.
— Six of last eight Detroit home games went over.
— Washington is 3-1-1 in last five Washington road games.
— Under is 4-1-1 in last six St Louis home games.
— Over is 8-4 in last twelve Colorado home games.
— Over is 3-0-1 in last four Nashville games.
— Last five Winnipeg road games stayed under total.
— Over is 3-0-1 in last four Los Angeles games.
— Four of last five Edmonton home games went over.
Back-to-backs
— Buffalo is 2-3 if it played the night before; teams are 1-4 night after playing Washington.
— Pittsburgh is 1-5 if it played night before; teams are 2-4 night after playing Toronto.
— Washington is 4-1 if it played the night before.
Hawks Vis 1,3,4,6 & 99
Kings Vis 1,2,3,45 & 99
Ducks Vis 3,4, & 5
Jets Vis 3 & 5
(2015/November/December/Week)
Vis 1 (18-16/6-4/6-3/3-1)
Vis 2 (10-8/3-3/4-2/2-1)
Vis 3 (27-27/10-9/13-12/0-0)
Vis 4 (29-18/10-5/10-4/2-0)
Vis 5 (19-18/7-5/4-8/2-0)
Vis 6 (12-7/6-3/4-2/1-1)
Vis 7 (24-17/4-6/11-9/2-1)
Vis 99 (36-22/10-9/9-12/3-2)
Home 1 (26-8/8-4/6-4/0-1)
Home 2 (17-6/4-2/4-3/1-0)
Home 3 (25-20/15-8/11-8/1-1)
Home 4 (3-0/0-0/0-0/0-0)
Home 99 (26-11/5-4/6-2/1-0)
Home Test (46-17/0-0/11-5/2-1)
Home Test 2 (25-15/0-0/8-6/2-1)
Hot teams
— Washington won last eight games, allowing 11 goals.
— Maple Leafs won three of last four road games.
— Lightning is 5-0 in game following its last five losses.
— Philly is 7-5 in its last twelve games.
Cold teams
— Sabres are 4-6 in their last ten games.
— Pittsburgh won eight of its last eleven games.
— Devils lost four of their last six games. Ottawa lost six of its last nine.
— Rangers lost 12 of their last 16 games.
— San Jose lost three of its last four games.
Series records
— Washington won four of last five games with Buffalo.
— Penguins won their last seven games with Toronto.
— Devils won four of last six games with Ottawa.
— Rangers lost five of last seven games with Tampa Bay.
— Flyers lost nine of last ten games with San Jose.
Totals
— Over is 4-1-1 in last six Buffalo road games.
— Under is 3-1-1 in last five Toronto road games.
— Four of last five New Jersey road games stayed under.
— Seven of last nine Ranger road games went over.
— Last five San Jose games went over the total.
Back-to-backs
— Toronto is 0-8 if it played night before;
— New Jersey is 1-3 if it played night before. Ottawa is 1-3; teams are 4-7 night after playing the Bruins.
Hot teams
— Orlando won six of its last eight games (4-10 last 14HF).
— Clippers won their last three games (5-6-1AF).
— Boston won/covered its last four games.
— Washington won four of its last five games (5-6AU). Raptors won five of last six home games (1-7 last 8 HF).
— Warriors won last five games, but Curry may not play this game (10-4-1AF). Dallas won four of last five games (1-2HU).
— Spurs won nine of their last ten games (13-5HF).
— Portland won last two games, covered three of last four (3-4HF).
Cold teams
— Nets lost six of their last eight games (9-2 last 11AU).
— Hornets lost five of their last eight games (3-1-1HU).
— Lakers lost six of last seven games, covered three of last five.
— Indiana lost five of last six road games (5-3AU). Chicago is 2-4 in its last six games (5-12HF).
— Utah lost six of its last nine games (6-4AU). Minnesota lost last four games (0-5HF).
— Suns lost their last five games (5-7AU).
— Nuggets lost six of their last seven games (9-6AU).
— 76ers lost 13 of last 14 games (10-10AU). Sacramento lost three if its last four games (4-4HF).
Series records
— Nets won four of last five games with Orlando.
— Clippers won eight of last nine games with Charlotte.
— Lakers won seven of last nine games with Boston.
— Wizards won four of last five games with Toronto.
— Pacers covered five of last six games with Chic ago.
— Jazz won four of last five games with Minnesota.
— Warriors won their last seven games with Dallas.
— Spurs won seven of last nine games with Phoenix.
— Trailblazers won eight of last nine games with Denver.
— 76ers won five of last seven games with Sacramento.
Totals
— Last four Brooklyn games went over the total.
— Four of last five Clipper games stayed under.
— Last three Boston games stayed under total.
— Five of last six Toronto games went over total.
— Last eight Indiana games stayed under total.
— Four of last six Utah games stayed under total.
— Over is 11-3 in Golden State’s last 14 games.
— Seven of last ten Phoenix games stayed under.
— Three of last four Denver games stayed under.
— Six of Philly’s last eight games went over total; seven of Kings’ last eight games stayed under.
Back/backs
— Denver is 4-3 vs spread if it played night before.
Lighting Home 1,3, Home Test, Home Test 2
Sharks Home Test
(2015/November/December/Week)
Vis 1 (18-16/6-4/6-3/3-1)
Vis 2 (10-8/3-3/4-2/2-1)
Vis 3 (27-27/10-9/13-12/0-0)
Vis 4 (29-18/10-5/10-4/2-0)
Vis 5 (19-18/7-5/4-8/2-0)
Vis 6 (12-7/6-3/4-2/1-1)
Vis 7 (24-17/4-6/11-9/2-1)
Vis 99 (36-22/10-9/9-12/3-2)
Home 1 (26-7/8-4/6-3/0-0)
Home 2 (17-6/4-2/4-3/1-0)
Home 3 (25-19/15-8/11-7/1-0)
Home 4 (3-0/0-0/0-0/0-0)
Home 99 (26-11/5-4/6-2/1-0)
Home Test (46-16/0-0/11-4/2-0)
Home Test 2 (24-14/0-0/7-5/1-0)
Bruins Home 2,3 & 99
Islanders Vis 7
Canes Vis 7 & 99
Stars Vis 1,2 & 99
Preds Vis 6
Kings Vis 1,4,6 & 99
Hawks Vis 1,2,5 & 99
(2015/November/December/Week)
Vis 1 (16-15/6-4/4-2/1-0)
Vis 2 (9-7/3-3/3-1/1-0)
Vis 3 (27-27/10-9/13-12/0-0)
Vis 4 (28-18/10-5/9-4/1-0)
Vis 5 (18-18/7-5/3-8/1-0)
Vis 6 (11-6/6-3/3-1/0-0)
Vis 7 (23-16/4-6/10-8/1-0)
Vis 99 (34-20/10-9/7-10/1-0)
Home 1 (26-7/8-4/6-3/0-0)
Home 2 (16-6/4-2/3-3/0-0)
Home 3 (24-19/15-8/10-7/0-0)
Home 4 (3-0/0-0/0-0/0-0)
Home 99 (25-11/5-4/5-2/0-0)
Home Test (46-16/0-0/11-4/2-0)
Home Test 2 (24-14/0-0/7-5/1-0)
Tulane (+12) upset Memphis 74-66 here LY, ending 13+-year drought in this series (19+ games); Tigers won rematch 57-55 at Tulane. Memphis is 8-3 vs schedule #334, as they break in lot of new players; they’re 7-0 vs teams outside top 200, with six of seven wins by 15+ points. Tulane is 0-2 vs top 100 teams, losing by 8-24 points; they’re turning the ball over 20.7% of time (#288), shooting just 30.7% from arc (#287).
Cincinnati won three of last four games with Temple, winning by 11-31 points in two games played here. Bearcats split last six games after a 7-0 start, losing 81-79 at home to Iowa State last week. Cincy is holding its opponents to 38.9% inside arc, has #17 eFG% defense. Temple is 0-5 vs top 100 teams, with three losses by 6 or less points- their only top 200 win was on neutral court over #150 Minnesota.
SMU swept Tulsa LY, 68-57/67-62; Mustangs are 11-0 but cannot play in postseason in March because of NCAA violations. SMU is 4-0 vs top 100 teams, with wins by 15-2-24-4 points; they’re making 42.9% from arc, have #6 eFG% in country. Tulsa split its last eight games, is 2-3 vs top 100 teams, losing by 8-4-5 points- they force turnovers 21.3% of the time (#49).
Princeton is 0-3 vs top 100 teams, losing by 14-12-21 points; they have zero top 200 wins- their best win is over #203 Rider. Tigers are #273 in experience, have played schedule #265. Miami won its last five games– three of its last four wins were by 22+ points. Canes are making 41.7% on arc, have #7 eFG% in US- they start ACC play Saturday (Syracuse).
George Washington is 10-2 but had ugly 82-61 loss to DePaul last game; Colonials split pair of AAC games, losing to Cincinnati by 5 on a neutral floor, winning by 6 at South Florida. Central Florida won five of its last six games after a 1-3 start; they lost two top 100 games by total of six points- their only top 200 win was over #148 UMass. UCF opens AAC play Saturday against East Carolina.
Northeastern is only team to beat Miami, FL this year; Huskies are 2-3 in last five games, losing to three teams ranked at #167 or lower (Miami O, Detroit, WMichigan)- they turn ball over 19.9% of time. NC State won its last five games after a 4-3 start; Wolfpack is 1-3 vs top 10 teams; its only top 100 win was in OT over LSU on a neutral floor. NC State has a thin bench (#339 in min played); their team is #306 in experience.
Florida State beat Florida 65-63 LY, snapping five-game skid against the Gators; last two series games were decided by total of three points. FSU is 9-2 vs schedule #301, splitting pair of top 100 games (losing at iowa by 3 in OT, beating VCU by 5 on neutral floor). Florida is 8-3 with all three losses vs top 15 teams; they’ve got three top 100 wins- best win is over #55 Richmond.
Wisconsin won its last four games with Purdue, all by 6+ points; Boilers lost three of last four visits to Madison- they lost 71-51 to Wisconsin in Big 14 tourney last spring, but now Ryan is gone and Purdue is 12-1, its only loss to Butler on neutral floor. Purdue won by 13 at Pitt in its only true road game. Wisconsin already has three home losses; three of its last four games were decided by 6 or less points.
Wake Forest is #314 in experience but they’re 8-3 vs schedule #83, with wins over Indiana/UCLA- they open ACC play at Louisville on Sunday. Deacons are slowly getting roster back healthy. LSU is 7-4, playing the #320 schedule with #331 experienced team. Tigers start SEC play when they visit Vanderbilt Saturday; they’re shooting 54.4% inside arc, have #65 eFG%.
8-3 Richmond is #53 in experience; they shoot 38.7% on arc, 55.8% on 2’s, have #19 eFG%. Spiders won last four games, are 2-3 vs teams in top 100- its best wins are over Cal/Old Dominion. Texas Tech has won eight in row since 10-point loss to Utah on neutral floor. Red Raiders have the #23 eFG% defense- they’re 3-1 vs top 100 teams, are forcing turnovers 20.9% of time, holding teams to 29.2% from arc.
Texas lost bug guy Ridley (foot) in practice this weekend; unsure if they will press more with smaller lineup. Longhorns start Big X play vs Texas Tech Saturday- they won 55-54 at UConn LY, outscoring Huskies 9-3 in last 3:12 of game. UConn is 2-3 vs top 100 teams, with all three losses on neutral floors- this is their first true road game. Huskies open AAC play on Saturday against Tulane.
Michigan State is 13-0 but star Valentine is out for a while; Spartans are 14-1 in last 15 games with Iowa, winning last nine. Hawkeyes lost nine in row here, with seven of nine by 10+ points, but they needed OT to get by Oakland in first game without Valentine.. Iowa is 3-3 vs teams in top 100; they won six of last seven games, with only loss at Iowa State when they blew a 20-point lead.
NBA knowledge
Hot teams
— Thunder won 10 of its last 12 games (4-9 last 13HF).
— Houston is 9-5 in its last 14 games (4-0 last four HF). Hawks won six of their last seven games (4-4AU).
— Cavaliers won seven of their last nine games (3-8AF).
Cold teams
— Pistons lost last two games, by 7-6 points (2-4AF). New York lost its last four games (2-5HU).
— Memphis is 4-6 in its last ten games (5-7HF). Miami lost four of its last six games (2-3AU).
— Bucks lost five of their last seven games (4-8 last 12 AU).
— Denver lost five of its last six games (4-6HU).
Series records
— Knicks lost four of last five games with Detroit.
— Grizzlies won three of last four games with Miami.
— Thunder won five of last seven games with Milwaukee.
— Hawks won their last three games with Houston.
— Cavaliers won three of last four games with denver.
Totals
— Last five New York home games went over total.
— Eight of ten Miami road games stayed under total.
— Under is 7-2 in last nine Oklahoma City home games.
— Six of last seven Atlanta games went over the total.
— Seven of last eight Cleveland games stayed under.
Back/backs
— Miami is 2-1 vs spread if it played night before.
— Bucks are 6-1 vs sread if they played night before.
— Atlanta is 0-3 vs spread on road if it played night before.
— Cavaliers are 1-4 vs spread if they layed night before.
Hot teams
— Dallas Stars won four of their last five games.
— Maple Leafs won three of their last four games.
— Hurricanes won three of their last four games.
— Florida won its last six games, allowing nine goals.
— Blues won five of their last seven games. Nashville won three of last four.
— Arizona won three of its last four games.
— Flames won nine of their last eleven games.
— Los Angeles won eight of its last twelve games.
Cold teams
— Columbus lost 11 of its last 14 games.
— Islanders lost four of their last five games.
— New Jersey lost four of its last five games.
— Boston lost its last three games overall. Senators lost their last five road games.
— Montreal lost nine of its last eleven games.
— Red Wings lost six of their last nine games. Jets lost five of their last eight.
— Chicago lost its last two games, scoring one goal.
— Anaheim lost four of its last six games.
— Edmonton lost five of its last six games.
Series records
— Blue Jackets won four of last six games with Dallas.
— Islanders won four of last six games with Toronto.
— Devils won six of last nine games with Carolina.
— Bruins lost four of last five games with Ottawa.
— Canadiens won six of last seven games with Florida.
— Jets won five of last seven games with Detroit.
— Blues won their last three games with Nashville.
— Blackhawks won six of last nine games with Arizona.
— Ducks won five of last six games with Calgary.
— Kings won eight of last ten games with Edmonton
Totals
— Under is 7-1-1 in last nine Dallas home games.
— Over is 6-1-2 in Toronto’s last nine home games.
— Over is 3-1-1 in last five New Jersey home games.
— Five of last six Boston home games stayed under.
— Eight of last ten Montreal games stayed under.
— Four of last five Winnipeg home games went over.
— Under is 5-1-1 in last seven St Louis home games.
— Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Chicago games.
— Over is 5-1-1 in last seven Calgary home games.
— Over is 8-3-1 in last dozen Los Angeles home games.
Back-to-backs
— Montreal is 4-3 if it played the night before.
— Predators are 0-4 if they played night before- teams are 1-3 night after playing the Rangers.
— Detroit is 4-3 if it played the night before- teams are 1-4 night after playing Minnesota.
— Los Angeles is 3-1 if it played night before- teams are 2-4 night after playing Vancouver. .
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